Navy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
389
Date Released
16 Nov 1936
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The King at Portland. DESCRIPTION: His Majesty inspects Home Fleet during gale at Portland. SHOTLIST: Shots of the King and royal car arriving. Shots of the ships in the harbour. Royal barge taking him to ship. Shot of the King boarding and being piped aboard ‘Royal Sovereign’. The King is seen taking the salute and is with Sir Samuel Hoare and Lord Louis Mountbatten. Shot of the King in evening dress attending concert on board ‘Courageous’. Stage scene. Aerial of the fleet in harbour including ‘Nelson’, ‘Victoria and Albert’ and ‘Courageous’. He inspects subs and new mine laying submarine. He boards the Royal barge. Shot of same seen passing the ‘Nelson’.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
4886
Credits:
Commentator
Vice-Admiral Cecil Vivian Usborne
Length of story (in feet)
112
Story extras:

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'Navy', British Movietone News Issue No. 389, 16 Nov 1936. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/7021 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)